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sfmoma: wiblog: Just found out that yesterday was Sol LeWitt’s...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:03:25 -0400

wiblog:

Just found out that yesterday was Sol LeWitt’s birthday. Sorry I missed it:(

From his NYTimes obit, here’s an installation shot of wall paintings which were featured in the his retrospective at the Whitney in 2000. We miss you, Sol!

Happy belated birthday to Sol LeWitt! We currently have a very subtle and intriguing LeWitt wall drawing installed as part of Field Conditions. Come have a look!

photojojo: Tumblr user ABVH added some internet love to...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:18:51 -0400

photojojo:

Tumblr user ABVH added some internet love to Bansky’s popular street art!

Animated Banksy - Popular Street Art Gets Converted to GIF

via Laughing Squid

whatsneks: upnorthtrips: FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY |9/11/07| Kanye...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:18:08 -0400

whatsneks:

upnorthtrips:

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY |9/11/07| Kanye West released his third album, Graduation, on Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Records.

One of my fav albums

whatsneks: Reyes and Steel show in nyc. #msk #steel #reyes F em...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:50:22 -0400

whatsneks:

Reyes and Steel show in nyc. #msk #steel #reyes F em in the can’t take a joke (Taken with Instagram)

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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:54:12 -0400

harmoniesoflight: #6 Julie Mehretu (b. 1970 -) I think of my...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:02:21 -0400

harmoniesoflight:

#6 Julie Mehretu (b. 1970 -)

I think of my abstract mark-making as a type of sign lexicon, signifier, or language for characters that hold identity and have social agency. The characters in my maps plotted, journeyed, evolved, and built civilisations. I charted, analyzed, and mapped their experience and development: their cities, their suburbs, their conflicts, and their wars. The paintings occurred in an intangible no-place: a blank terrain, an abstracted map space. As I continued to work I needed a context for the marks, the characters. By combining many types of architectural plans and drawings I tried to create a metaphoric, tectonic view of structural history. I wanted to bring my drawing into time and place

These words of the artist herself are perhaps the best description one can make of Mehretu’s works. An abstract analysis of globalization and the expanding structures of capitalism. Despite this, she is politically neutral, even going so far as to be commissioned by Goldman Sachs in 2007 to paint a mural for their building. Her opinion of the corporation; “I don’t see it as an evil institution, but as part of the larger system that we all participate in. We’re all a part of it.” And perhaps this is a part of the logic of her art. Clearly fascinated with the abstract landscape of global civilization, she envisions a certain democratic highway of mass interaction.

In her paintings, everything is ordered by a certain chaotic interconnectedness. Like the charts of collisions of subatomic particles, Mehretu maps out a macroscopic vision of the microscopic interactions that make up the mass of interactions called civilization. Perhaps it may be ironic to quote Marx in regards to such a politically-neutral artist, but not only are Mehretu’s paintings one of the highest expressions of Late capitalism and postmodern signification, they testify to Marx’s declaration that “Society does not consist of individuals, but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.”

Her masterpiece to date, and one of the greatest paintings of the last decade is Congress, shown above.

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed (by Ernie Smith)

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:17:13 -0400

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed (by Ernie Smith)

Family Learning Channel - Fake News (CNN) (by st3v3nick)

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:07:09 -0400

Family Learning Channel - Fake News (CNN) (by st3v3nick)

The Story of Your Enslavement (by stefbot)

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 03:15:26 -0400

The Story of Your Enslavement (by stefbot)

Philly

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:16:16 -0400

Philly

Alive 5 RIP

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:11:20 -0400

In Loving Memory Of ALive 5 CIA FBA

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:03:00 -0400

In Loving Memory Of ALive 5 CIA FBA

ALIVE 5 (FBA FAMILIA) R.I.P! (by zear1)

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:56:09 -0400

ALIVE 5 (FBA FAMILIA) R.I.P! (by zear1)

newagestreetfashion: check this blog out!

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:11:47 -0400

newagestreetfashion:

check this blog out!

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Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:05:54 -0400

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Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:03:58 -0400

ratchetmess: lol and what in particular is security going to do...

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:02:04 -0400

ratchetmess:

lol and what in particular is security going to do to anyone when they are in a Hoveround

theartofanimation: Kazuki Takamatsu

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:01:00 -0400

theartofanimation:

Kazuki Takamatsu

sleepykiss: Alexandre Guillaume

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:57:57 -0400

sleepykiss:

Alexandre Guillaume

ericjasonthomas: @tabathammm- #webstagram

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:57:45 -0400

ericjasonthomas:

@tabathammm- #webstagram